“We are grateful to the city of Miami for understanding our constraints and appreciating our position,” said festival organizer Damian Pardo in a release. “We believe that through our meeting yesterday, the city demonstrated their commitment to diversity and inclusion. We also look forward to working with the city to improve the permit process.”

However, Miami city officials said Gay8 organizers had not secured the desired date early enough, according to a Miami Herald story. That date had already been approved for Univision’s Three Kings Day Parade.

“The city of Miami has a first-come, first-serve policy for special event permits,” Diana Gonzalez, Miami’s communications director, reportedly told The Miami Herald by email. “The organizers of the Gay8 Festival are aware of this policy since on July 14, 2016, they submitted a permit application for the festival held January 15, 2017.”

Hordes of people gathered on Calle Ocho in Little Havana on Sunday, Jan. 15 for the second annual Gay8 festival. The block party featured bands Spam Allstars and Locos Por Juana as well as food trucks, cigar tastings and dance parties.

During a press conference Thursday morning at the Cubaocho Museum and Performing Arts Center in Miami, Gay8 coordinators announced the new date and called off a planned LGBTQ boycott on having special events in the city.

“Gay8 Festival has been a diverse fun festival that catapulted onto Calle Ocho with 17,000 people year one and more than doubled to 35,000 people year two,” festival organizer Joe Cardona added. “It did so because thousands of people believe working together across all communities is a good thing.”